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[QUOTE="BRZ, post: 700162, member: 24937"] I’ve been racing motocross for a long time, but I’ve always been curious about trials. Over the years I followed the sport half-heartedly through the rare magazine or TV reports, but I had a strange feeling that one day I would eventually give it a try. Well, the years passed and it seemed like I was losing interest. Then, three months ago things started to change. First I saw a test of the TXT 280 Pro. For some unknown reason something clicked and just couldn’t believe how much I wanted to try it out. I remember bringing the article home, showing it to my wife and saying that I wanted to buy this bike, but it was too expensive. Given the money factor, I decided not buy it and tried not think about it too much. About a month later I was surfing the net and I saw that the ’03 Pros were on sale because the ‘04s would arrive soon. As a result prices were down and it looked (at least to me) like a sign that I should buy this bike. The bike arrived about two months ago. At first I couldn’t believe how different it was from my other bike, a Honda CRF 450. Even now, I still have a hard time making the transition from one bike to the other, especially when going from the Pro to the CRF. In fact, I feel like I lost some speed on the motocross track, but I’m hoping it’s a temporary thing until I get used to switching back and forth. I also bought the training videos from Ryan Young and Tommy Ahvala, and they’ve helped incredibly. Most of the time I ride by myself and it’s harder to improve if you’re not watching more advanced riders. Coming from a motocross background, I feel at home when climbing, doing steps and any other situation that requires a lot of throttle. Predictably, I’m having a hard time with the tight turns and the lack of room to maneuver. I’ve improved a bit by practicing balancing, nose wheelie turns and front wheel hops in my garage. I’m gradually getting better at those, but once I get to the rocks there is no way I can do them consistently. Anyways, I’m having a lot of fun and I just wanted to share the experience. Last weekend I entered my first trials competition, but that’s another story and I’ll let you guys know about in another post… [/QUOTE]
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